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Latest revision as of 00:18, 10 April 2013 [edit] English Wikipedia  Gargoyles (spouts) at Amiens Cathedral. [edit] Etymology From Old French. [edit] Pronunciation gargoyle (plural gargoyles) - A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- 1906, Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies, page 110
- From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
- Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
- A fictional winged creature.
- 2005, Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes, page 200
- Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side.
- (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
[edit] Synonyms [edit] Derived terms [edit] Translations carved grotesque figure on a spout decorative figure on a building fictional winged creature pejorative slang: an ugly woman  |  |
